... PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE TAY BRIDGE CATASTROPHE . tilacire, ii ?? BESIDES the desolation caused im families by ertaining, the horrible catastrophe which occurred in kthe I that his Firth of Tayion Sunday evening, for whiob a; ,le, might decent time of mourning must be allowed, e ' .e ?earance; accident is one which appeals te the public, a'ot after the alone as a local butas a national ...

... VOIZTEEB BALL.-The members of the 7th 203 B*R.V. held their annual ball in the new ball on Tuesday evening. There were over a hundred Cit couples present. Captain Cowie, Lieutenants Find- da later, Cantlie, and Quartermaster Grant were present rei during the evening. Corporal Legg was floormaster t ha and conductor of ceremonies. In one of the side ln( rooms refreshments were liberally ...

... t1w i iI ABERDEEN, THTURSDAY, CIYN. 1, ]SSO. TEE sad situation experiencee on this day oft] national festivtity by the friends of those who perished in the Tay Bridge catastrophe wediki v; Chave been imD elmeasure mitigatad if tidings uead 0 have remched them that the remains of the a victims had been receoered fronm the wreak. r, This mslanclkoly satisfactiox.is however, denied ib thew. ...

... OF THs UrNI'oED KiNGDOu, FOR AaRICULTuRZAL AND ito SANITARY PURPOSES, FOR THE WEEK ENDIN5, T . DECEMISBR 29, 1879. (Iioted °b the Metworological Office.) W remperature Rainfa)l. A 7*, .= Z.y_ Above Rain- More. or! tr Dist t *. ' orbelow No. of fall less than at Dtsrlts. ?? r a . Mean Rainy for the Mean' c for Days. the forthe. j . o week. week. week.' W11Ar-PRO- IOths ?? of an di DUCINO: . D ...

... LONDON CORRESPONDENCE I [BY TsLEGRAril FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENW.] Im reg DrssoaLurToN Rnarouas-TrHn Pais or' GAS-IN- 001 FORTANT OFFICIAL DESPATCHES-RECRUITING- adi THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA-THE WEcATHER- ?? THE INCOMES OF REGISTRARS-NEwV YEAR'S for EVE IN LoNDoN-THu ATrrErT ON KING PO] ALFONSO-COLONIAL DEFENoE. LONDON, Wednesday evening. Ramours of dissolution are again current, but in ...

... TAY :BRIDGE oDISA:STER. . ?? ~ ~ ~ ?? ..I. ,I - ' . I ge |TE WRECK EXPLORED. C TI E ENGINE FOUND. ati ria all THREE CARRIAGES MISSING. ls a q . *J +thE sid ]BODIES WASHED AWAY.'' by HA DuanDE, Wednesday. Sta Intense interest was manifested in the diving ope-s rations to-day. When the Dew' that part of the train enc beenofte ranofI had been found spread through Dundee yesterday wh afternoon ...

... THE WEATHER, ey. 1 ' (MPoi0n tle Aleteorologdica Oifcem.) ed is , ;,WLONDON, Wednesday, 6 prm. lO ?? has remained inia very wvild, squally. ainnd unsettled condition over the British lislanids to-day' h6t'thie gales have been confined to the more southern m fqtgof England and Irelrind, together with the Eng. an, Ohchsjnel ansi the northern half -ofFran'ce. Tern- I; Petature, after falling ...

... SOCIAL AMEE.TINGS. it THE NoRTHEnN AGRICUL`TUiRAL CoIP4ANYTS EM- id PLOYEES-The employees of this company held their af vnhualsocirl meeting in Salmond's Hall on Taesday alevening. Mr Anderson, manager, presided, and was supported by the heads of the various departments in ly the city and district offices. Tea over, the Chairmani )f made a few happy remarks, il which he expressed his pleasure ...

... ILT.DEEN'S EVENING DRESSES. Of late years a very decided change has taken place in juvenile parties. Children no longer appear in dimi- nutive reproductions of the ball-dresses of their elders ; tulles tarlatans, and even muslins, are rarely seen, and low dresses are quite in the minority. Cashmere has almost usurped the place of all such materials; alpaca, plain and striped velvet intermixed ...

... A CURIST111ASTIDE STOLY Tl--M? G. IOn ?? evening ?? W. It s. Sl. Rakr, . KA., z' forineriy llchester Professor of the Ssvounir LagLo u. e Or and Literature at Oxford, gave one of his poiularrstory. iY tellings at the London Institution, to the great delight s of a crowded audience of young people and their eldere, in a testified by their hearty applause. All over the ai habitable world, he ...

... THE HORSES OF THE UNITED STATES.-The returns published by the Board of Agriculture at Washington give a total of nearly eleven million borses throughout the United States and territories, includingk*ild horses in Texas, and mustangs throughout the Indian reeerva- tions. The same official records show at the last-census, on January 1, 1879, 1,713,100 mules, and the number is increasing at the ...

... ;.THE LIFEB'- =EIWI'E eN). i879' THh IFEAT'' SEAV'E 1 ., 187. Year by year -te work of the National Lifeboat L Institutiun ?? miore' and 'more `extensive and , testifieB to its great importance. Th-e followiog list of services rendered on the coasts of the United Kingdom by its lifeboats to shipwrecked crewri ;details succinctly the success and unabated bravery and perseveracce of the lifeboat ...